Process of singeing stockings.



C. S. ALTHOUSE.

PROCESS OF SINGEING STOCKINGS.

APPLICATION FILED sEPT.22. 1917.

1,269,148; I Patented June 11, 1918..

UNITD STATES PAEN PROCESS OF SINGEIN G STOCKINGS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 1111911, 1918.

Application filed September 22, 1917. Serial No. 192,676.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES Soo'r'r ALT- HOUSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Processes of Singeing Stockings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the art or process of singeing stockings and the object in the present invention is to singe the stockings in large numbers, whereby the work is accomplished very much ifnore rapidly than has been done heretoore.

In the manufacture of stockings, one step consists in singeing them, that is, removing the nap from the outer surface of the stockings, and this has usually been accomplished by placing each stocking over a form and then subjecting them, while stretched on the form, to a singeing flame.

Various devices have been used in this step, but in all of them it has been necessary to handle each article separately, both in placing it on the form and in removing it therefrom, as well as subjecting them either one at a time, or in relatively small numbers, to the singeing flame.

In my present invention I contemplate singeing the stockings in relatively large numbers and in loose form,that is, en masse, thus dispensing with the forms and the necessary labor of placing them on and removing them from these forms.

In the drawing accompanying this application, and forming a part thereof, I have shown a simple device whereby my process of singeing may be carried out.

The numeral 1 designates a vertical stack, provided at its upper extremity with a hopper 2, into which the stockings may be thrown in large numbers, or into which they may be thus fed continuously if desired.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a simple form of device for carrying out my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of a modified form of device for accomplishing the same purpose.

The stack may be made in any desired form that will readily admit the heat to its interior, as for instance, it may be composed of an open mesh screen as designated by the numerals 3, 4 and 5.

Surrounding the stack 1 is a casing 6, between which and the stack there is formed an air chamber 7.

The numeral 10 designates a fuel supply p pe, as for instance gas, and this supply plpe is formed with a series of jets 11.

These jets may project through the wall of the casing 6 so that the heat therefrom Wlll enter the interior of the stack through the open mesh comprising its wall.

It may be more practicable in some instances however, to utilize a solid metal stack, and when this is used the jets of flame will impinge upon its outer surface and thus heat the interior thereof sufliciently' to produce the desired singeing effect on the stockings passing through the stack.

The numeral 15 designates any suitable receptacle for receiving the stockings as they pass out of the lower extremity of the stack.

When it is desired to singe the stockings, they are fed into the hopper 2, in loose form, and the jets are lighted. As they pass downwardly through the stack they will be subjected to a continuous singeing heat.

The length of the stack and the degree of heat may be readily regulated so that by the time the stockings shall have passed through the stack, their surfaces will be properly singed.

It is of course evident that modifications of the device illustrated may readily be made, as for instance the stockings may be placed in a revolving drum, as shown in figure 2 of the drawing in which there are provided one or more large gas flames, and the stockings will be tumbled therein until their entire surfaces have been subjected to the flame and they are properly singed.

I do not desire to limit myself to any specific form of apparatus, inasmuch as the present invention contemplates singeing stockings either by direct or indirect application of the singeing element.

What I claim is 1. The process of singeing stockings which consists of directing and causing them to pass in loose form and in large numbers through a singeing heat.

2. The process of singeing stockings which consists of directing and causing them to pass, in loose form through a singeing flame.

3. The process of singeing stockings QFFICE. a.

which consists of directing and causing them to'p'assin loose form through-a heated chamber.

4. The process of sin-geing stockings which consists in tumbling relatively large 10 loose form, to a singeing'heat.

6. The art of singeing stockings Without preparing them individually, Which-consists in subjecting them, in relatively large numbers, to a series offlames.

7. The process of singeing relatively small textile articles Which consists in turnbling them in loose form through a heated chamber.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature.

CHARLES SCOTT ALTHOUSE.

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